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March 2010

Thank you Jakajima (@ereadingevent) for the great eReading event yesterday #eenl10 (from Twitter)
#eenl10 Hans Brons, CEO iRex : epaper payback is 5 months, eco payback is 6 months (from Twitter)
Le prochain rendez-vous [SparklingPoint] du mardi 30 mars 2010 de 18h45 ? 20h30 accueillera, pour sa quarante-neuvi?me ?dition, Jean-Fran?ois Declercq, AppePaper.com, autour du th?me :

"Quel avenir pour l'ePaper ?" 

Cette ann?e (2010) le march? des eReaders conna?t une ?volution importante :
  • On voit les premiers lecteurs ePaper en vente ? la FNAC
  • Le Kindle d'Amazon atteint une certaine vitesse (3 millions d'exemplaires)
  • l'iPad pourra ?tre pr?-command? le 3 avril
  • Google s'appr?te ? lancer Google Editions
  • Les solutions de lecture sur t?l?phone se d?veloppent ? toute vitesse (ex: Issuu.com sur Android)
Ceci cr?e un march? technologique complexe pour les lecteurs, les ?diteurs, les ?crivains.

Dans cette jungle, on peut se poser deux questions :

1. Y a-t-il encore un avenir pour le papier ?lectronique ?

En effet, la plupart des liseuses utilisent des technologies ?crans plats (LED, OLED) combin?es ? un ?cran "touch" (iPad, Google Tablet, t?l?phones...), ce qui permet une meilleure ergonomie gr?ce ? une meilleure r?activit? de l'?cran et le support de la couleur. Cependant, l'encre ?lectronique ?volue et a quelques atouts. Quelques cas d'utilisation seront d?crits. (plus de 30 cas d'utilisation du papier ?lectronique identifi?s).

2. Quel livre ?lectronique choisir ?

Que je sois lecteur, ?crivain, ?diteur, face aux poids lourds que sont Apple, Google, Amazon, lequel choisir ? iPad, Kindle, Sony Reader, Bookeen ? Existe-t-il une alternative ? Comment faire du livre "durable" ?
Une approche "architecturale" permet de d?couper le probl?me et faire des choix strat?giques. Quelques sc?narios seront pr?sent?s pour illustrer :
  • Pourquoi Amazon ?crit des applications pour l'iPad ?
  • Quelle est l'importance des standards comme ePUB ?
  • Quelle est l'importance des DRM ?

prochain rendez-vous sparklingPoint

mardi 30 mars 2010

18h45 , Paris Centre
th?me :

Quel avenir pour l'ePaper ?

invit? : Jean-Fran?ois Declercq


    Back from Egypt yesterday was tiring : sand storm in the morning, long flight because of opposite wind and lost luggage (from Twitter)
    Le truc de fous : Match de Foot ? 100 contre 11 http://bit.ly/d7SJNC (via Scoopeo) (from Twitter)
    Texte de pr?sentation AppePaper publi?e avec Isuu. http://www.appepaper.com/Home/bienvenue (from Twitter)
    It has been more than 2 months now that I'have been looking at eReaders. After the iPad, it's now the turn of Microsoft to show off a model called the Courier.
    if we want to maximize the usefulness of an eReader like a Tablet, it needs to support the largest number of applications. Let's have a look at the major options :
    • The iPAD can reuse all the iPhone/iPod applications. If there are a lot of those applications, let's note that they need to be developer specifically to run on Apple's products.
    • The Google Tablet will support any web development (web sites) thanks to ChromeOS which has a strong web focus. If one wants to work offline, those web applications will probably have to be ported to ChromeOS, for using its asynchronous services. There is also the possibility for Google to leverage the Android market and allow those (Java) applications to run on ChromeOS.
    • The Kindle has its own (Java based) Software Development Kit (SDK). Again, one needs to develop specifically for the Kindle.
    • Some Other readers, mainly those with ePaper screens, use Linux as Operating System. You than need to make sure your application will run with the distribution and ePaper screen (GTK+?) constraints.
    Now let's look at a "Windows based" eReader as -I suppose- Microsoft Courier. From an application point of view, such a device might well be one of the best platform for the "applications of ePaper":
    • It could run everything that runs under windows, and that's a lot
    • It could than also run a browser (google chrome for instance)
    • It could leverage Microsoft Office, which I believe still has a large market share
    Would a windows based Tablet have the lowest barrier on entry for eReader applications ? Probably yes.
    On the same line, there would be Linux based Tablets, but they don't have so many ready to go applications. For instance OpenOffice is still lagging a bit behind MS Office (personal opinion, of course).

    MS Windows based tablets would nevertheless still to face some challenges:
    • Boot time : You don't want to wait 30 seconds for you ebook to 'boot' before reading
    • Security Management : You don't want your eReader to freeze while working because some Anti-Virus needs to start now...
    Links:



    Suis-je un "Nouveau Riche" ? http://bit.ly/aYidj4 (from Twitter)
    Cool : Papier Electronique: Etiquettes ? base d'encre ?lectronique chez Western Digital http://bit.ly/buNmHo #ePaper (from Twitter)
    Midori works great on the iRex DR1000! Thanks to http://www.twotoasts.de/. #ePaper (from Twitter)
    Izibook : Pour un march? eBook sain, il faut r?sister ? l'assciation avec des liseuses (iPad, Kindle...) http://bit.ly/dpWzCA (from Twitter)
    Applications of an eReader : Cooking Recipes : The Demy : http://bit.ly/c31sqZ (from Twitter)

    Last edited on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at 10:08:18 am.

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